Date of Award
8-1978
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
Supervisor
Mr. S. Ajzenstat
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate Erich Adickes' view of the problem of the existence of the thing-in-itself and of the question of whether or not some of the categorial concepts, including that of existence, apply to the things-in-themselves in Kant's philosophy. In chapter one I dealt with the former of these two questions and I concluded, in agreement with Adickes, that Kant held the view that the things-in-themselves do exist in some sense of the term 'to be'. In chapter two I came to the tentative conclusion, this time disagreeing with Adickes, that the categories were not meant by Kant to apply to the in-itself. In the third chapter I briefly discussed George Schrader's views of the above outlined problems as well as some other possible alternate accounts of the matter at hand.
Recommended Citation
Mudroch, Vilem, "Adickes and Kant's Thing-in-Itself: A Preliminary Investigation" (1978). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 331.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/331